Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Simply ArtAble

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2014

End Date

September 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for Simply ArtAble outreach classes, providing free art classes to children of all ages and abilities at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Classes will take place between May and September 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Loren Niemi: General Management, Artistic, Organizational Development; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Artistic, General Management; Jessica Briggs: Artistic, General Management; Pete Driessen: Visual Arts, Media Arts, Community Arts; Laura Leffler-McCabe: General Management; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, General Management; Rachel Wandrei: Artistic, General Management; Joan Vorderbruggen: General Management.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,910

Direct expenses

$6,910

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Quantitative: We hope to reach at least 100-200 budding artists with our paint classes offered at Abbott Northwestern Hospital from children to adults. Qualitative: We hope to provide a healing art experience that improves the patients overall hospital experience as well as making art more accessible to over 90 % of our students.We will count all participants in the program to account for the quantitative portion. We will also give participants a brief survey to evaluate qualitative measures.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We reached 102 patients at Abbott/Children’s Hospitals widening our reach to include a diverse community of ages and abilities; working with children 8 and up to women from all backgrounds in their 20-40’s. Response by patients was overwhelmingly positive, many of them painted for the first time with us. Simply ArtAble was requested to come back, resulting in a long lasting ongoing relationship.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Cindy Perusse, Nicole Nelson, Nicole Nelson, Mary George, Carol Marshall, Mary Maloney

Project Manager

Jane

Elias

Simply ArtAble

5411 Nicollet Ave S

Minneapolis

55419